7th October

…‘Camelliifolia’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Camelliifolia’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Camelliifolia’ The ancient clump of Cotoneaster conspicuus has more berries than usual above The Hovel. Cotoneaster conspicuus Cotoneaster conspicuus Cotoneaster conspicuus I…

16th September

…proper crop of seeds like this in a drought year. The squirrels will soon find them! older beech trees Orange berries just starting to show up Cotoneaster conspicuus. Cotoneaster conspicuus

2nd October

…turn from orange to red later? Or is it Cotoneaster wardii or Cotoneaster sternianus? Perhaps just the very common Cotoneaster conspicuus (red berries) introduced by Kingdom Ward in 1925. Its…

19th March 1897 – 2020

…seedling trumpets. 1897 – JCW [?] open, Weardale, G of Leiden, C J Backhouse, Monarch, B conspicuus, all the Emperor and Emprep. Tulip gregii and most of the Van Thols….